Analysis of The Skeptre



Drip, drip, drip

Something dropped from nowhere

Its sound fell with the heartbeat

I felt weak

I clutched firmly to the skeptre

My hand flew to my forehead

I touched something wet

It smelt blood

The smell was overbearingly strong.

I began drifting to sleep

The action uncontrollable and with urgency

I could not tell time and position

"Where was I?"

I was going fast

My energy concentrated on the skeptre

Soon I was oblivious of anything

I felt the skeptre drop to the ground

"What was I doing?"

In the distance the war cry sounded

Is life worthy fighting for

Here I am

The king to be

Lying in a pool of blood

The skeptre of power on the ground


Scheme X A X X A X X B X X C X X X A D E D B X X C B E
Poetic Form
Metre 111 10111 111101 111 1110101 1111110 11101 111 01111 1011011 010010001100 111110010 111 11101 1100100101 1110100110 11011101 11110 001001110 1110101 111 0111 1000111 01110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 681
Words 130
Sentences 5
Stanzas 24
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 22
Words per stanza (avg) 5

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Submitted by baby_p on June 04, 2021

Modified by baby_p on June 05, 2021

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